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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » March 16th, 2016, 7:06 pm

FractalFusion wrote: It would be better for them to spam this thread, rather than spam other more important threads or the forum itself.
Or, even worse, to spam the forums with threads.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » March 16th, 2016, 7:14 pm

Or, even worse, spam the internet with spammed forums.

We could go on and on, right? :lol:

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by drc » March 16th, 2016, 8:40 pm

muzik wrote:
FractalFusion wrote: It would be better for them to spam this thread, rather than spam other more important threads or the forum itself.
Or, even worse, to spam the forums with threads.
That happened a few months ago

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » March 16th, 2016, 10:24 pm

drc wrote:
muzik wrote:
FractalFusion wrote: It would be better for them to spam this thread, rather than spam other more important threads or the forum itself.
Or, even worse, to spam the forums with threads.
That happened a few months ago
Ouch...

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » March 16th, 2016, 10:31 pm

"JD" initials, aka table on house.

EDIT: I meant cap on table, damn. :oops:

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x = 6, y = 4
2ob2ob$bobobo$bobobo$2ob2ob!
Last edited by Hdjensofjfnen on March 17th, 2016, 11:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by FractalFusion » March 16th, 2016, 11:19 pm

That D-shaped thing is commonly known as a cap.

Thus the still life is known as "cap and table" (Catagolue) or "up table on cap" (from http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/lifesrch.htm).

House is something else.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » March 17th, 2016, 3:31 am

And meanwhile, I can't stop getting mixed up with house and table.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » March 17th, 2016, 11:22 pm

Hmm...

Induction coil butterfly thingy.

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x = 9, y = 9
b2o3b2ob$o2bobo2bo$o2bobo2bo$b3ob3ob$9b$b3ob3ob$o2bobo2bo$bobobobo$2b2ob2o2b!

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » March 17th, 2016, 11:29 pm

Hdjensofjfnen wrote:Hmm...

Induction coil butterfly thingy.

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x = 9, y = 9
b2o3b2ob$o2bobo2bo$o2bobo2bo$b3ob3ob$9b$b3ob3ob$o2bobo2bo$bobobobo$2b2ob2o2b!
Sadly, it doesn't move. It would be cool if it did though. :(

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by towerator » March 18th, 2016, 1:35 am

Hdjensofjfnen wrote:
Hdjensofjfnen wrote:Hmm...

Induction coil butterfly thingy.
Sadly, it doesn't move. It would be cool if it did though. :(
Remember, novelty won't come from SLs, except if they exhibit a proprety that can be used: (an eater that does X, a catalyst, or even if it is natural).
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by gmc_nxtman » March 21st, 2016, 11:33 pm

Useless transparent block based on R-pentomino and glider:

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x = 8, y = 11, rule = LifeHistory
2A$2A4$2.A.A$2.2A$3.A$6.2A$2.2A2.2A$2.2A!
Another based on pulsar seed:

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x = 13, y = 12, rule = LifeHistory
10.A.A$11.2A$11.A2$6.2A2.2A$6.2A2.2A5$2A$2A!
Also, a clean 4-still life HWSS seed:

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x = 25, y = 26, rule = LifeHistory
12.4B$12.5B$11.2B2E2B$6.2DB2.2BEBE2B$4.D4BDB.2BE4B.3B$3.D18BEB$3.D5BD
11BEBE$3.6D13BE$5.17B$5.16B$4.17B$5.14B$5.7BEBE4B$4.9B2E5B$3.10BE8B$.
21B$8B2E2B2E10B$8B2E2B2E11B$.23B$2.20B$2.17B.B$2.15B$3.13B$4.7B3.B$4.
7B$6.2B!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » March 22nd, 2016, 4:44 pm

Useless one-time double ship-tie inverter.

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x = 10, y = 10

4b2o4b$4bobo3b$5b2o3b$7b2ob$2o2b2obobo$obob2o2b2o$b2o7b$3b2o5b$3bobo4b$4b2o4b!

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » March 22nd, 2016, 7:37 pm

Traffic light predecessor:

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x = 2, y = 5
ob$bo$bo$bo$ob!
Predecessor of the predecessor:

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x = 2, y = 7
ob$bo$bo$bo$bo$bo$ob!

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » March 22nd, 2016, 7:39 pm

Pretty well known (in fact, it's found on the "guns" of the weekender). Traffic light predecessors are so common, I could fill a book or 926 with 'em

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x = 4, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2bo$3bo2$3o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by NoLongerBreathedIn » March 22nd, 2016, 8:26 pm

That block-in-a-fleet flipping it has been known for ages (and it's been on the wiki since Dec. 22, 2011).
Not new.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » March 22nd, 2016, 8:35 pm

And I was the person who discovered the other method.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by gmc_nxtman » March 24th, 2016, 11:07 am

A pointless way to extend a vessel with a herschel conduit:

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x = 15, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
11bo$10bobo$11bo5$11b2o$11bobo$13bo$13b2o5$b3o$2bo$3o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » March 24th, 2016, 12:05 pm

gmc_nxtman wrote:A not pointless way to extend a vessel with a herschel conduit:
Not entirely pointless if you can somehow move the eater and somehow tame that almost B-heptomino

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » March 24th, 2016, 12:59 pm

Mango with tail thing

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x = 17, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
4bo$4b3o$7bo$6b2o5$7bob2o$7b3o$8bo7$3bob2o6b2o$b3ob2o6bobo$o14bo$b3ob
2o8b2o$3bobo$3bobo$4bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by gmc_nxtman » March 24th, 2016, 1:22 pm

muzik wrote:Mango with tail thing

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x = 17, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
4bo$4b3o$7bo$6b2o5$7bob2o$7b3o$8bo7$3bob2o6b2o$b3ob2o6bobo$o14bo$b3ob
2o8b2o$3bobo$3bobo$4bo!
Nice! It's a bit hard to put the B-heptomino there, though, so the reaction can be reduced to this:

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x = 12, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
3bobo$3bobo$3bobo$2o2bo3b2o$2o6bobo$10bo$10b2o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by gameoflifeboy » March 24th, 2016, 1:30 pm

muzik wrote:Mango with tail thing
Gustavo discovered this reaction on an eater a year ago: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1257&start=125#p17689

This reaction looks like it could lead to an inefficient synthesis of the mango with tail.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by mniemiec » March 24th, 2016, 2:44 pm

gameoflifeboy wrote:
muzik wrote:Mango with tail thing
Gustavo discovered this reaction on an eater a year ago: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1257&start=125#p17689

This reaction looks like it could lead to an inefficient synthesis of the mango with tail.
Dave Buckingham discovered a basic reaction to do this several decades ago, from only 2 gliders. Here it is, plus several 3-glider variations:

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x = 167, y = 15
101bo$102bo$oo18boo18boo28boo18boo8b3o17boo18boo18boo$bo19bo19bo29bo
19bo29bo19bo19bo$bobo17boboo16bobo7bo19boboo16bobo5bo21boboo16bobo17bo
boo$bboo18bobbo16boo8bo19bobbo16boo4boo22bobbo16boo18bobbo$23bobbo23b
3o5boo13bobbo21bobo22bobbo36bobbo$5boo17boo32bobo13boo48boo38boo$6boo
bbo47bo$5bo3boo38b3o49boo41boo$9bobo39bo49bobo39boo$50bo50bo39bo3bo$
139bobo6b3o$140boo6bo$149bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » March 24th, 2016, 6:37 pm

A thing that exists:

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x = 10, y = 50, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$2bo4bo$bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$o8bo$bo6bo$2bo4bo2$2bo4bo$bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$
o8bo$bo6bo$2bo4bo$4b2o2$3b3o$3b3o4$b2o3b2o$2b5o$3b3o$4bo7$4b2o$2bo4bo$
bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$o8bo$bo6bo$2bo4bo2$2bo4bo$bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$o8bo$bo6bo$
2bo4bo$4b2o!


It still kind of surprises me that something like this hasn't shown up in catagolue

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by thunk » March 24th, 2016, 6:50 pm

muzik wrote:A thing that exists:

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x = 10, y = 50, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$2bo4bo$bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$o8bo$bo6bo$2bo4bo2$2bo4bo$bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$
o8bo$bo6bo$2bo4bo$4b2o2$3b3o$3b3o4$b2o3b2o$2b5o$3b3o$4bo7$4b2o$2bo4bo$
bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$o8bo$bo6bo$2bo4bo2$2bo4bo$bo6bo$o8bo$o8bo$o8bo$bo6bo$
2bo4bo$4b2o!


It still kind of surprises me that something like this hasn't shown up in catagolue
Buckaroo variants have been reported with cis-boat and dock (17M instances), mirrored dock (28M instances), and moose antlers (122M instances). The pentadecathlon has 41M instances in Catagolue; however, it has to be in the right phase of 15 in order for this oscillator to work. So I estimate we're about one order of magnitude away from finding this combination. (Though the bi-pd version won't be found for a long time, if ever.)
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by NoLongerBreathedIn » March 25th, 2016, 5:37 pm

Actually, it works in the phase shown and also with the pentadecathlons advanced by two generations.

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x = 14, y = 46, rule = B3/S23
2b2o6b2o$bo2bo4bo2bo$bo2bo4bo2bo$bo2bo4bo2bo$2b2o6b2o4$2b2o6b2o$bo2bo
4bo2bo$bo2bo4bo2bo$bo2bo4bo2bo$2b2o6b2o3$6bo$4b2o$5bobo$6bo3$3b2o3b2o$
3bobobobo$4b5o$5b3o$6bo8$2b2o6b2o$o4bo2bo4bo$o4bo2bo4bo$o4bo2bo4bo$2b
2o6b2o4$2b2o6b2o$o4bo2bo4bo$o4bo2bo4bo$o4bo2bo4bo$2b2o6b2o!

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